Illuminated sign.



F. W. WILSON. ILLUMINATED SIGN.

APPLICATION FlLED JAN. 26, l9l6.

1,228,507. Patnfed June 5, 1917.

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F. W. WILSON.

ILLUMINATED SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED mmzs. 1916.

1,228, 507. Patented June '5, 1917.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- muummmmun g m-W 3% a a v fW FREDERICK W. WILSON, 0F ELM-HURST, NEW YORK.

ILLUMINATED SIGN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. WIL- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmhurst, Long Island, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Illuminated Signs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in illuminated signs of the type wherein a globe bearing suitable legends, or advertisements incloses a source of illumination, and has as its object to provide a sign which is very compact and which presents a neat and attractive appearance.

Other objects of my invention are to provide a sign, the parts of which may be readily assembled and taken apart, the globe particularly being detachable in a quick and easy manner, so that access may be had to the source of light within the same. My sign may be manufactured at relatively low cost; has a very practical construction, and consists of relatively few parts. l

The above and other objects of my invention are obtained in the structure described in detail in the following specification .and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein,-

Figure 1 is an elevational view proved sign and bracket therefor. v

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal'section through the sign and bracket shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section taken on line 33, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through a modified form of bracket.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of the various parts or elements of my improved sign the same being shown disassembled.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one-half of the split collar.

Referringto the drawings, wherein like numerals represent; like parts in the several views, 10 is a pipe or hollow tube which is screw-threaded throughout its length and which serves as the leading-in conduit for the electric conductors 11 connected in the usual manner to an ordinary lamp socket 12 which is screw-threaded upon the inner end of the tube or pipe, and which socket receives an electric-light bulb 13. The electriclight bulb may be of a kind ordinarily used for house lighting, or it may be of the wellof my. im-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1917.

Application filed January 26, 1916. Serial No. 74,340.

known flash type, which alternately lights up andgoes out so that the attention of the observer is quickly attracted.

lt'designates a canopy or cap which may be of any suitable form, and which may be ornamented as desired. The canopy is here shown as being somewhat conical in shape and as having a boss 15 at its apex which has a through opening suitably threaded to recelve the screw-threaded tube 10, a lock nut 16 being provided upon the tube 10 to secure the canopy .14. in adjusted position thereon. The base or globe-receiving member preferably comprises a member having a circular plate 17 adapted to engage in the open end of thecanopy, and a substantially cylindrical portion 18 over which the open end ofthe electric-light globe 19 is adapted to pass. The plate 17 has an opening at its center, which opening is properlythreaded to receive the tube 10, so that the base may be screwed into proper position upon the tube 10- The base or globe-receiving mem ber may be constructed in any suitable manner, and the plate 17 and portion 18 may be integral, but preferably I form the same of the circular plate 17 which is suitably stamped or spun to provide a cylindrical boss or projection 20 which is received by and secured to the portion 18. The member 18 preferably'tapers inwardly toward its own axis, so that it is slightly frusto-conical, and it is encircled by a suitable compressible padding 23 of fabric, paper, or the like. The globe 19 is reduced in diameter adjacent its open end to provide a neck as at 21, and a bead or flange 22. The globe may, of course,

be of any desired shape or configuration, but

I have shown the same as being polygonal in cross-section, and preferably it is hexagonal,-so that plane surfaces are presented which are to bear'the desired legend, name or advertisement. l/Vhen the globe is brought down on the base or globe supporting member the neck of the about the portion 18, and as the portion 18 is tapered, it acts as a wedge therein so that wabbling or lateral displacement of the globe relative to the base is well guarded against.

The clamping member or the means for retaining the globe upon the base or globesupporting member comprises a split collar 24 which is divided into two similar semicircular parts as is best disclosed in Fig. 6.

globe fits tightly a with The collar 24: may be spun or stamped as desired, and it is provided with a head 25 which forms a circumferential groove adapted to inclose or receive the head 22 of the globe l9, and the collar is further provided an inwardly bent circumferential flange 26 which is adapted to encircle or overlap about the edge of the plate 17 of the base or globe-supporting member, as will be seen from Fig. 2.

It will be seen that to assemble the parts of the sign so far described, the base or globesupporting member may first be screwed onto the tube or pipe 10. A look nut 26 is then turned up on the tube 10 against the face of the boss 20 to retain the base in adjusted position and to strengthen or reinforce the plate 17. The socket 12 together with the bulb 18 is next positioned on the end of the tube. The canopy 14 may be screwed onto the pipe, but not up to the base and the globe is inserted upon the base or supporting member with the neck thereof fitting tightly about the portion 18 and with the mouth or open end of the globe engaging against the face of the flange of the plate 1 7, The collar is then placed upon the neck of the globe with bead or groove 25 of the collar receiving the head 22 of the globe and with the flange 26 encircling or engaging about the edge of the plate 17. The canopy 14 is then turned relative to the tube 10 to bring its open end or mouth into engagement with the split collar 2% and thus the members of the split collar are forced radially inwardly and locked in place to secure the globe to the base or globe-supporting member. The lock-nut 16 is then turned up on the tube against the canopy to lock the latter in adjusted position.

In the drawings, I have disclosed a peculiar form of bracket for supporting my sign which comprises a base plate 27 suitably provided with screw-receiving holes, or the like, 28, whereby the bracket may be secured to a wall, pillar, or other structure. Extending outwardly from the base plate is a boss or arm 29 having a transverse aperture 30, the arm being provided with a central screw-threaded opening to receive the end of the tubular member 10. The tube 10 is adapted to extend through the arm 29 and protrude into the aperture 30, so as to receive'suitable nuts 31 to lock the tube against rotation.

It is, of course, to be understood that the construction of the bracket may be varied as desired, and in Fig. 4:, I have disclosed a slight modification wherein the base plate 27 is provided in alinement with the opening in the boss 29 with an aperture as at 32, to permit the pipe 10- to extend entirely through the bracket. In making connection through a wall, or the like, the electric conductors are entirely housed, and cannot be seen, and if desired, the protruding end of the tube 10 may be of sufficient length to extend through the wall of the structure to which my sign is secured. I have found the bracket shown by me to be peculiarly adapted for use in combination with my sign for by so constructing the bracket it can be attached to the corner of a house, window, sash, or the like, without interfering with adjacent protrusions or obstructions.

It will be noted that the various elements or parts of which my sign is composed are all mounted upon and tied together by a single member or tube 10 which tube serves as a leading-in conduit for the electric-wires or conductors, and, furthermore, the tube constitutes the means for connecting or attaching the sign to the bracket. The parts of 'which my improved sign is composed may upon the base supporting member in such manner that water, dirt, and the like cannot have access to the interior of the globe and the globe is maintained in place without the usual frame or supporting members extending through the same.

It is, of course, understood that my device is susceptible to various changes and modifications which would be within the spirit of the invention without departing from the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is 1. In combination, a globe, a globe-supporting member, acollar adapted to encircle one end of said globe and overlap said globesupporting member, and a cap movable longitudinally of the globe supporting member and encircling and engaging about said collar to lock the same in place and retain that portion of the collar encircling the end of the globe in clamping position thereabout.

2. In combination, a globe, a globe-supporting member, a collar adapted to encircle one end of the globe and overlap said globesupporting member, and a cap movable to and from said collar and encircling and engaging that portion of the collar which encircles the globe to retain the collar in clamping position thereabout.

3. In combination, a globe having an open end, a globe-supporting member having an outwardly projecting portion extending into and engaging the inner walls of the open end of the globe, said outwardly extending portion having substantially the same external dimensions as the internal dimensions of the overlap said globe-supporting member, and

means for-locking said collar in position.

4. In combination, a globe having an open end, the opening through which is substantially of uniform diameter throughout, a globe-supporting member having an outwardly projecting portion of substantially the same diameter throughout as the opening in the open end of said globe, said projecting portion being circular in cross-section, said globe being adapted to be inserted over the outer end of said outwardly extending portion of the globe-supporting member, a collar encircling one end of the globe and overlapping said supporting member,

and a cap engaging said collar to lock the same in position.

5. In combination, a globe, a globe-supporting member having a tapering portion adapted to extend into and fitting the open end of the globe, a split collar adapted to encircle said globe adjacent its open end and overlap said globe-supporting member, and a cap for locking the collar in position.

6. In combination, a globe, a globe-supporting member having a tapering portion circular in cross-section and extending into and fitting the open end of the globe and a flange portion against which the open end of the globe is adapted to abut, a split collar adapted to encircle the globe adjacent its open end and overlap the flange portion of said globe-supporting member, and a cap for locking the parts of the collar in place.

7. In combination, a globe having a reduced or neck portion adjacent one end and a head at the open end thereof, a globe-supporting member having a portion adapted to fit in the open end of the globe and a flange portion against which the open end of the globe is adapted to abut, a split collar having a groove adapted to receive the bead of the globe and a flange adapted to encircle the flange portion of said globe-supporting member, and a cap engaging about said collar for locking the parts of the collar in place.

8. In combination, a globe, a rod or tube, a globesupporting member upon said tube, a collar adapted to encircle one end of said globe and overlap said globe-supporting member, and a cap adjustably mounted on said rod or tube independently of said globe supporting member and adapted to engage about said collar to retain the same in position.

9. In combination, a globe, a connecting member, a source of illumination mounted on said connecting member, a globe-supporting member adjustably mounted on said connecting member, means for securlng the porting member against relative displaceglobe and globe-supporting member against relative displacement, and a cap a'djustably connected to said connecting member adapted to engage said securing means.

10. In combination, a connecting member, 0

'a source of illumination on one end thereof,

a lobe, a globesupporting member adjustabIy mounted on said connecting member, means for securing the globe and globe-supment, a cap adjustably mounted on said connecting member and adapted to engage said securing means, and means mounted on said connecting member for locking said bap against displacement.

11. In combination, a connecting member, a source of illumination mounted thereon, said connecting member serving as a leading-in conduit for the supply of illuminating energy to said source of illumination, a globe, a globe-supporting member mounted on said connecting member, means for securing the globe and globe-supporting member against relative displacement, and a canopy adjustably mounted independently of said globe supporting member on said connecting member and adapted to lock said securing means in position.

12. In combination, a globe, a hollow tubular member screw-threaded throughout its length, an electric-light mounted on the end or said tubular member, conductors for said light passing through said tubular member, a globe-receiving member screwthreaded on said tubular member and comprising a cylindrical portion adapted to be inserted in the open end of said globe and a flange portion against which the open end of the globe is adapted to abut, a split collar adapted to encircle the globe adjacent its open end and to overlap said flange portion of the globe-supporting member, a canopy screw-threaded on said tubular member and adapted to receive or encircle at its open end said split collar to retain the same in locking position, and a lock-nut screw-threaded on said tubular member for locking said canopy in adjusted position.

13. In combination, a connecting member, a source of illumination mounted thereon, a globe about said source of illumination, a globe-supporting member mounted on said connecting member, means for securing the globe and globe supporting member against relative displacement, a canopy mounted on said connecting member and adapted to lock said securing means in position, and a bracket adjustably mounted on the end of said connecting member.

14. In combination, a tubular member, an electric-light mounted on the end or said tubular member, conductors for said light passing through said tubular member, a globe-supporting member screw-threaded on said tubular member, a globe, means for securing the globe and globe-supporting mem-,

globe-supporting member adjustably screwthreaded on said tubular member, means for securing the globe and globe-support ing member against relative displacement, a canopy screw-threaded on said tubular member and adapted to lock said securing means in position, and a bracket comprising a base portion provided with means for securing the same to a suitable support and an arm having a threaded opening to receive the end of said tubular member,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

FREDERICK WILSON.

Witnesses J AMES GILLIEs, J OHN WV, SCHEPP.

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